
Otello 2001
Overview
One of the chief pleasures of this live production of Otello from the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden is Daniel Barenboim's conducting. From the opening gale-force blast of storm music, through the crunching and stabbing accompaniment of Iago's "Credo" to the shimmering strings of Desdemona's "Willow Song", he doesn't miss a trick. Everything works at the highest pitch of intensity and the orchestra sticks to his beat like glue. It's a necessary compensation for the shortcomings of the stagin
Director: Jürgen Flimm
Cast
Christian Franz
Otello (tenor)

Emily Magee
Desdemona (soprano)

Valeri Alexejev
Iago (baritone)

Stephan Rügamer
Cassio (tenor)
Andreas Schmidt
Roderigo (tenor)

Kwangchul Youn
Lodovico (bass)
Gerd Wolf
Montano (bass)
Katharina Kammerloher
Emilia (mezzo-soprano)